![]() It's months and months and months until even the very tops of mountains appear. "Really, it's over a year that they're on the ark, just looking out over water. "I was writing the book at a time when I was feeling very stuck." She was re-reading Genesis, she adds, and she was startled to realize just how long the voyage lasted. "What really struck me about Noah's wife was the way that she was so stuck," Blake says. Sarah Blake's new book Naamah gives that woman a name, a story, and a purpose. It also carries Noah's wife, who is not named in the Bible, but who goes on to become the matriarch of all future generations. The ark carries the family of Noah and his sons, plus a pair of every living creature. So begins the story of the flood in Genesis - God's decision to restart creation by sparing two of every animal, and just one family from the deluge. "And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the Earth." ![]() Your purchase helps support NPR programming. ![]() ![]() Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Naamah Author Sarah Blake ![]()
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